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FragmentA8207

Alternate red and golden coloured cedar bark strips. Folded over a woolen band and secured with two rows of twining using strips of green cloth.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar bark, fibre, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ear OrnamentA8208

Ornaments consisting of two bundles of red-dyed and golden coloured cedar bark. Each bundleis tied with a wrap of string. Several strands of bark run through both bundles joining the two.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar bark and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood ChestA8211 a-b

Rectangular bentwood box (part a) with lid (part b). The front and back are painted red and black in different designs. The front and back have complex designs. The sides have the same motif of vertical sets of ovoids and u-forms. Designs painted in black and red with stylized forms. The lid has decorative brass studs on three edges; the studs on the front are all gone, except one.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
brass metal and red cedar wood
Made in
Bella Bella, British Columbia, Canada and 'Qvuqvai, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Totem PoleA8212

Totem pole carved from cedar wood. The bottom of the pole has a human holding a child, followed by a bird figure, and topped with a human, falling from the sky. All of the figures have a black circle in tapering oval eyes with either red or black brows above and a red mouth. The bird has three-feathered wings with circles, ovoids, and split u's. The ears of the humans at the bottom each have a frontal face in them. The feet of the upside down human at the top are bent toward the front of the pole.

Culture
Nisga'a
Material
cedar wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry TrayA8213

Circular tan cedar root tray with simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches), watch-spring base construction, and partial imbrication. Five central rows alternate in red cherry bark and grass. Four vertical stripes composed of the letters "N" in red and "M" in black split the design field into four. Staggered between, there are y-like shapes in black, red and white, with alternating red and black arrowhead shapes around the inner rim and outer edge.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
cedar root, dye, grass and cherry bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Burden BasketA8215

Basket of simple coiled work with bifurcated stitches, elongated watch-spring base construction, and imbrication in red and black cherry bark and cat-tail grass. Ends of basket have half arrowhead patterns in red cherry bark with cat-tail and in black-dyed cherry bark with cat-tail. Sides (left to right) also have half arrowhead design and concentric "V" shapes in red cherry bark, cat-tail and black-dyed cherry bark. The half arrowheads are in red cherry bark and cat-tail. The basket also has the "cluster of flies" pattern in red cherry bark and cat-tail grass. Colour: tan.

Culture
Interior Salish: Nlaka'pamux
Material
dye, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressA8373

Headdress of a raven with mirrored glass eyes. Painted black, blue, and red. Head attached to wooden head ring covered with shredded red cedar bark and repurposed blue with white stripes cotton cloth. Moveable lower jaw held together by metal pegs.

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
alder wood, metal, glass, cotton fibre, cedar bark and paint
Made in
Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Head RingA8375

Dancer's headband. Series of three coiled red cedar bark rings sewn one on top of the other. Seam between filled on the outside with a roll of twisted bleached cedar bark. Soft cloth band with sections of pink and sections of white stripes sewn around the inside of the ring. Extra strips of bark sewn to outside of the ring.

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
cedar bark and fibre
Made in
Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA8376

Carved mask, mostly unpainted. Male face carved with grimacing expression; some teeth missing; some painted red or black. Incised lines across forehead and double lines for nose; several lines at both sides of chin; carved out cheeks and eye areas. Loop of cedar bark through hole at top. Two rectangular-shaped holes at either side.

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
alder wood, cedar bark and paint ?
Made in
Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceA9074

Fibre rope necklace with four decorated bundles. A wooden rectangular end wrapped in cedar bark and black and red fibre then tied with twine with a swan head mounted on top that would dangle, beak down. The left side has a small cedar strip bundle covered in ermine fur. The back section is two ermine skins wrapped together. The right side is a bird wing plus part of the body intertwined with another animal.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
swan head, wood, bird wing, ermine skin, fibre and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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